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Economic Development

Mercy Corps fosters market-driven economic development in some of the world's most challenging places. We make use of already existing relationships — among buyers, sellers, producers and consumers — to bridge social and political divides via business and trade.

Special Report: Coping with the Economic Crisis ›

The economic crisis has spread all over the world, to millions of families that Mercy Corps serves. They worry about the same things we do: how to pay bills, put food on the table and take care of their children.

Special Report: Reinterpreting Tea Leaves ›

Country: India

Mercy Corps and Tazo Tea Company are helping almost 13,000 people empower themselves and find opportunities to build better lives for themselves, their families and communities.

Perfect Harmony Family ›

Country: China
The 500 pounds of homemade noodles that Guo Guifen sells each market day keep local cook-pots full - and have won her family the village's top honor.

Blog Post: Faster is better ›

Country: Indonesia

Every morning at 3:30, Ridwan starts making tempeh. He’s been doing this for almost 18 years. But, these days, it's just a little easier.

Blog Post: Mama na come ›

Country: Liberia

I think the women of Liberia are showing the way to this beautiful country's future.

Blog Post: Six days on the road ›

Country: Tajikistan

I'm both exhausted and exhilarated by my six-day journey through the red clay rocky back-roads of Tajikistan's border area with Kyrgyzstan in the Rasht Valley.

Blog Post: Cocoa, arm wrestling and opportunity ›

Country: Liberia

Mercy Corps is helping Annie Garfree and other Liberian women farmers meet their country's own goals by becoming more successful farmers.

Blog Post: Lasting change ›

Country: Indonesia

Lasting change — the important kind — comes from teaching people how to do things differently and supporting them along the way.

Blog Post: Can you spare a square? ›

Country: Indonesia

I didn’t expect my first blog post from the field to be about sanitation. I thought maybe microfinance or agriculture programs or mobile commerce.

Blog Post: Delivering aid to Samoa's survivors ›

Country: Samoa

It has been an unforgettable week. Last Friday, we delivered aid packages to 102 women in 15 different villages across the southeast coast of Samoa.

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Mercy Corps fosters market driven, locally appropriate economic development in some of the world’s most challenging areas. We make use of already existing market relationships – those between buyers, sellers, producers, and consumers – to bridge social and political divides via business and trade.

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